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Any Electricians in Here?

01-27-2006, 02:49 PM

Sound off if you are an Electrician. I don't quite count although I did rewire my entire house (My Electrician uncle started me out) so I have some experience. Learned a lot about Knob and Tube... basically it just doesnt make much sense. My entire house was esentially on 2 circuits.

You also end up really knowing every inch of your house after doing a complete rewire. Found lots of bad romex tie ins to the knob and tube and a few big fire hazards. Its all cool now and thank God I'm done.

BTW.. I used RIDGID Wire strippers for the job and they worked great ;-)

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I am an apprentice working for 2 years so far..., and I'd like to see those Ridgid strippers.

I have a relative that has knob and tube wiring in their house and the code book still mentions it (Every 3 years the Nec code book is updated). When i have some spare time i'd love to help him upgrade his home.

I helped my dad remodel the entire house. The only thing that isn't new is the wall between the storage room and master bedroom, and the foundation. Essentially i grew up on the show home improvement. My dad never went to the hospital, but there were plenty of bleeding hands and flying boards that I thought my dad did learn from the TV series. I'm suprised i survied all my dads little projects....

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Thanks for creating this new forum! I know I will be lurking here often. Like you, I've had some experience with general household wiring and with the help of a friend, we even updated the service on this house, several years ago. The inspector was pleasant, but did sort of raise an eyebrow and asked, "Who did the job?". While I was hesitant to admit to the truth, he said it was obvious, as it was suspiciously "too neat"!

Now I'm in the middle of remodeling our a new (old 1887) home in a much larger city. Rules are tight, and things a lot more political (rightly so, I think). So the timing of this forum is just about perfect, I'm looking forward to learning a lot from the posts.

Thanks again,

CWS

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Yes and No. LOL I have rewired a few homes, including my own. I work on overhead cranes and hoists. Most all of them are 3 phase and if I keep going for another 30 years,I might learn something about it.

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I would say yes and no also as above in that I have my general contractors license but do not have the specialty license. Ihave been doing electrical projects for over 20 years and do quite a bit in my home repair business. I have changed out a couple of main panels and agree on the neat issue, (this was insisted on by my dad). It sure makes a big difference when you have to troubleshoot. P.S. Enjoying the forums greatly.

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Sound off if you are an Electrician. I don't quite count although I did rewire my entire house (My Electrician uncle started me out) so I have some experience.
BTW.. I used RIDGID Wire strippers for the job and they worked great ;-)

Josh

Greetings Josh,
Thank you for starting this electrician's forum. I don't quite count either as
I'm a telephone/network technician for many years. Although this is quite different than electrician, the dealings with wiring, grounding, bonding, cabling, Ohm's Law, setting up demarcation points from scratch etc. are very similar. We don't get much of a chance to deal with conduit, though; and, class 2 low voltage usually won't kill.

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Well I have been at it for 26 years now I am a licensed contrator in NYC,Fla,WV,OH still not rich ??? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I guess I am in the wrong trade, should have been a laywer same thing as they will shock you most times with their bill. Oh speaking of shock I have only been shocked a few times once when My ex-wife told me she was gay, the other when I was paying my taxes.............. later People

if ya need any advise just holler

GB

Thanks
GB Enterprises
Doing it right the first time!!

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Been in the Technical Services department of an Electrical Distribution Coop for over 20 years.
Since we're considered the "bad guys" in most forums, I always like to see what we're getting accused of.